Energy plan gains traction

by Brendan Ryan | 01-Jan-08 12:00 | comment here

Save all the cliches about hot air and 'blowing over': energy from geothermal sources (such as wind) is a debate gaining in popularity. Read ›

Anglo wins the green vote

by Allan Seccombe | 31-Dec-07 14:30 | comment here

Anglo American sweeps the boards in Nedbank's green awards, but smaller companies are also in the pink with their environmental work. Read ›

Dirty miners must clean up accounts

by David McKay | 20-Dec-07 10:00 | comment here

They under-account for rehabilitation charges or think rehab can't be accounted for properly. These are some of the evils mining firms have to tackle, experts say. Read ›

Playing the waiting game

by Brendan Ryan | 06-Dec-07 10:38 | comment here

A Canadian firm gets tangled in environmental permit problems in Dracula country and another is playing waiting games in Venezuela. Read ›

Waging war against a virus

by Allan Seccombe | 30-Nov-07 16:00 | comment here

The South African mining industry long identified HIV/AIDS as a key threat to its future. So how is the sector getting along? Read ›

Nuclear fights for "green" status

by Brendan Ryan | 29-Nov-07 17:51 | comment here

A recent alternative energy conference was the perfect forum for delegates to rigorously debate the 'green' status of nuelar energy, as uranium producers battled to shake their image of being the blac Read ›

Risky business

by Julie Bain | 22-Nov-07 15:56 | comment here

Digging for metals in far-flung districts is making political risk a fact of life for the world's mining firms. Read ›

SA federation to fight polluters

by Allan Seccombe | 21-Nov-07 12:58 | comment here

A committee including George Bizos, the famed attorney, will guide formation of a new federation aimed at taking polluters to task. Read ›

Rough ride for Congo miners

by Allan Seccombe | 16-Nov-07 14:30 | comment here

Underinvestment during the years of the civil war have made the Congo a difficult and fraught place to invest with the biggest problem turning on poor infrastructure. Read ›

Weeding out corruption

by Allan Seccombe | 16-Nov-07 14:30 | comment here

The review of mining title in the Congo has raised temperatures but investors figure it's a necessary process. Read ›

Power to sting

by Julie Bain | 15-Nov-07 14:41 | comment here

The Green Scorpions, an initiative back by South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, is setting about cleaning up the country's main metals polluters. Read ›

SA mine safety under fire

by Allan Seccombe | 14-Nov-07 17:33 | comment here

Safety is better than ever before in South Africa's mines but the public perception is that there's a crisis. Miningmx's Allan Seccombe provides in-depth analysis why. Read ›

A jargon buster

by Reuters | 09-Nov-07 18:05 | comment here

Ever wanted to know your way around the in-words of the sustainable development world? Here's a primer. Read ›

The politics of mining

by David McKay | 09-Nov-07 00:00 | comment here

Mining companies are finding a greater part of their activities have to do with what's on the surface rather than beneath it. Read ›